New York’s ultrarich just got a $12 billion federal tax break. Residents earning more than a million dollars a year are starving the state of critically needed funding, and enjoying an annual giveaway of over $100,000 each, thanks to Trump's regressive "Big Beautiful Bill".
Combatting Contingency in a Time of Political Repression, Thu 11/13 6-8pm – A hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and how contingency and adjunctification contribute to the suppression of political speech on campus. @PSC_CUNY
Yesterday faculty & students rallied outside Apollo Global Mgt's Midtown office to protest Marc Rowan's "Compact for Higher Education". PSC President James Davis explains why this assault on higher ed undermines academic freedoms & our democracy itself.
Video by @solidaritydept
Thank you to @GovKathyHochul for expanding free community college to millions more New Yorkers! @CUNY community colleges change lives, and the PSC is proud to be a partner in the fight to expand access to free public education to all New Yorkers.
Last week, faculty staff and students rallied at @BklynCollege411 condemning the increased repression of political speech at @CUNY as part of the Trump Administration’s McCarthyite campaign to dismantle and defund higher ed. #BCFired4
Read more: https://t.co/Y2GX3cdPSi
The administration is coming after academic freedom and firing people outside of the disciplinary process. We have to fight back against this creeping repression of the free flow of ideas.
Rally at Brooklyn College * Thursday, July 31 — 4:00pm Gather at the Bedford Avenue Gates
1/4 We condemn the recent non-reappointment of three CUNY adjunct faculty members and termination of another. These dismissals, carried out in direct contradiction to unanimous departmental recommendations and without any due process or explanation
#BCFired4#PSC
The PSC’s Delegate Assembly endorsed five candidates for Mayor of the City of New York.
Read more about our city-wide endorsements: https://t.co/4NvmmTf2ja
I've fought alongside @PSC_CUNY for a New Deal for CUNY from the moment I joined the Assembly—and I won't stop as Mayor.
I am so honored to have their support as we continue this journey together.
Tabling for Adjunt April Coffee and chat, come stop by; we'll be here until 3. CUNY runs on the labor of 13,900 adjuncts and part-timers. Resources https://t.co/NxKzw5gi83
At City Hall today w/ @NYCProgressives Caucus, @cwa and @uawregion9a union siblings to stand up for students, workers, and academic freedom. College & university presidents need to stand together as well to protect students, faculty & staff from the Trump's attacks.
Tabling today in support of our immigrant colleagues, students and communities until 5pm in the atrium. Stop by the table to talk and get information, but you can sign on to the petition here: https://t.co/VLU5XCOrBs
2. Provide emergency legal representation for any CUNY student or worker facing the threat of deportation or cancellation of visa.
3. Ensure that no CUNY college will allow ICE and Homeland Security to enter or recruit on CUNY campuses.
Please join us for our @JJCCIHR conversation with Dr. Clare Forstie on Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Syllabi Design-Wednesday, April 23rd, at 1:30 (EDT);
PSC members joined the “Kill the Cuts” rally on Tuesday, April 8th at the Public Library. It was part of a nation day of action led by @AAUP and was anchored locally by a broad coalition of academic labor unions, including @CPWUAW ✊🏽#KilltheCuts